The Manchador

Mina and Saeed live a stressful life in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Being a woman in Iran is not particularly easy and Mina sees a future for the family elsewhere. She wants to move abroad, but Saeed then invents a device that places the responsibility for the hijab where it belongs - with the men whose gaze women need protection from.

Director: Kaveh Tehrani

Cast: Reza Brojerdi, Narges Rashidi, Sarina Ashkpour, Jasmin Tabatabai, Mohammad-Ali Behboudi, Arash Marandi, Mansur Ajang, Hossein Daryani

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.